On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 09:48 +0530, Santosh wrote: > Mohamed Thalib .H wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a doubt > > > > Whether the code that is inside the moudles init and exit function will > > be executed if the module is not compiled as module and it is compiled > > into the kernel image itself. > > > > > > The module's init fucntion will be run even if it is compiled > statically into the kernel image. The exit function won't be run since > it can't be unloaded from the memory. > > In case where the kernel is configured not to unload modules the exit > function will never be run since the module never unloads. Once the init > function is executed the function itself is discarded since it won't be > needed later. > > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > Thanks > Santosh > Thanks Santosh Now I got it. -- Best Regards, Mohamed Thalib .H -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
